The 1956 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Washington was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 53.91% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 45.44% of the popular vote.

Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Washington more than once.

Results

Results by county County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic Eric HassSocialist Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % Adams 2,267 57.48% 1,673 42.42% 4 0.10% 594 15.06% 3,944 Asotin 2,608 50.15% 2,586 49.73% 6 0.12% 22 0.42% 5,200 Benton 13,807 53.99% 11,760 45.99% 4 0.02% 2,047 8.00% 25,571 Chelan 10,405 57.42% 7,600 41.94% 117 0.65% 2,805 15.48% 18,122 Clallam 6,852 54.82% 5,632 45.06% 16 0.13% 1,220 9.76% 12,500 Clark 19,330 49.51% 19,665 50.36% 51 0.13% -335 -0.85% 39,046 Columbia 1,423 65.82% 739 34.18% 0 0.00% 684 31.64% 2,162 Cowlitz 11,912 48.80% 12,448 51.00% 50 0.20% -536 -2.20% 24,410 Douglas 2,602 46.09% 3,034 53.75% 9 0.16% -432 -7.66% 5,645 Ferry 662 44.34% 830 55.59% 1 0.07% -168 -11.25% 1,493 Franklin 3,763 46.51% 4,322 53.42% 5 0.06% -559 -6.91% 8,090 Garfield 966 60.15% 639 39.79% 1 0.06% 327 20.36% 1,606 Grant 6,603 48.73% 6,938 51.21% 8 0.06% -335 -2.48% 13,549 Grays Harbor 11,599 47.32% 12,858 52.45% 57 0.23% -1,259 -5.13% 24,514 Island 3,196 61.20% 2,009 38.47% 17 0.33% 1,187 22.73% 5,222 Jefferson 2,300 56.69% 1,750 43.14% 7 0.17% 550 13.55% 4,057 King 213,504 55.28% 167,443 43.35% 5,276 1.37% 46,061 11.93% 386,223 Kitsap 17,986 47.73% 19,641 52.12% 58 0.15% -1,655 -4.39% 37,685 Kittitas 5,097 57.72% 3,726 42.20% 7 0.08% 1,371 15.52% 8,830 Klickitat 2,794 51.94% 2,577 47.91% 8 0.15% 217 4.03% 5,379 Lewis 11,949 60.69% 7,714 39.18% 25 0.13% 4,235 21.51% 19,688 Lincoln 3,114 57.77% 2,273 42.17% 3 0.06% 841 15.60% 5,390 Mason 4,026 51.05% 3,840 48.69% 20 0.25% 186 2.36% 7,886 Okanogan 5,448 50.66% 5,298 49.27% 8 0.07% 150 1.39% 10,754 Pacific 3,799 49.76% 3,824 50.09% 12 0.16% -25 -0.33% 7,635 Pend Oreille 1,488 49.09% 1,540 50.81% 3 0.10% -52 -1.72% 3,031 Pierce 57,078 49.40% 57,728 49.96% 738 0.64% -650 -0.56% 115,544 San Juan 1,105 65.27% 584 34.49% 4 0.24% 521 30.78% 1,693 Skagit 12,149 56.67% 9,243 43.11% 48 0.22% 2,906 13.56% 21,440 Skamania 1,014 45.90% 1,193 54.01% 2 0.09% -179 -8.11% 2,209 Snohomish 30,052 48.22% 31,950 51.26% 325 0.52% -1,898 -3.04% 62,327 Spokane 60,335 55.21% 48,833 44.68% 119 0.11% 11,502 10.53% 109,287 Stevens 4,499 54.06% 3,808 45.76% 15 0.18% 691 8.30% 8,322 Thurston 14,093 58.70% 9,897 41.22% 19 0.08% 4,196 17.48% 24,009 Wahkiakum 808 45.73% 953 53.93% 6 0.34% -145 -8.20% 1,767 Walla Walla 11,827 66.04% 6,076 33.93% 7 0.04% 5,751 32.11% 17,910 Whatcom 17,414 54.10% 14,533 45.15% 244 0.76% 2,881 8.95% 32,191 Whitman 8,572 63.81% 4,854 36.13% 8 0.06% 3,718 27.68% 13,434 Yakima 31,984 60.21% 20,991 39.51% 149 0.28% 10,993 20.70% 53,124Totals620,43053.91%523,00245.44%7,4570.65%97,4288.47%1,150,889

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Mason

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Clark Cowlitz Douglas Franklin Grant Pacific Pend Oreille Pierce Skamania

See also United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

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